Timur Kulibayev has set the Petrocouncil the task of increasing the RoK content in the procurement programs of subsoil users

05.09.2019

Within the framework of the expanded meeting of
the Regional Council of the Chamber of Entrepreneurs dedicated to the 120th
anniversary of Kazakh oil Timur Kulibayev, Chairman of the Presidium of the
National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of RK Atameken, Chairman of Kazenergy
Association and Akim of Atyrau Region Nurlan Nogayev, among others, raised
issues of localization of production and development of RoK content in
procurement activities of subsoil users.

After a speech of Secretary of the Council for
the Development of Strategic Partnerships in the Oil and Gas Industry
(Petrocouncil) Asylbek Dzhakiyev, who proposed to provide domestic
manufacturers with tax preferences in order to align their conditions with
those of foreign suppliers who do not pay taxes and customs duties, Timur
Kulibayev noted: “Kazakhstan is a small market, despite the fact that there are
large enterprises. It is necessary to
explore neighboring markets: Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Russia.
Also, to analyze measures to support exports, only then we can talk about the
industrial zone. In any case, your work is useful, you are a bridge between
domestic manufacturers and operators, you can increase the Kazakh content in
the procurement of domestic subsoil users – this is your task”.

In addition, Timur Askarovitch expressed the
hope that the Petrocouncil will become a platform that can help domestic
entrepreneurs deal with the procurement of subsoil users. «If you look at the
dynamics of the procurement of goods, works and services by year, then, in
general, the share of local content varies from 40 to 49%. TCO, KPO and NCOC
make 77% of all purchases in the industry (more than 4 trillion. 640 billion
tenge, approx.). For goods, indicators are
– 20%, of which engineering – only 3%. The potential for the development
of new products is more than 200 million US dollars. In turn, Atameken is ready
to take an active part in attracting more local participation and become a kind
of bridge between the country’s entrepreneurial pool and the leadership of the
so-called Big Three, said the head of Atameken.

In addition to the heads of government
departments, domestic businessmen attended the expanded meeting, and the
general director of Tengizchevroil LLP, Immer Bonner, and NCOC managing
director, Richard Howe. Asylbek Dzhakiyev thanked the NCOC management for the
publication of a long-term procurement plan that would allow domestic
entrepreneurs to plan their production, and expressed the hope that
Tengizchevroil LLP will follow this example. Timur Kulibayev, in turn, said
that on August 1, 2019 a single procurement window was launched at the Atameken
site, the so-called Market Monitoring and Expertise Center. Procurement bases
flock to this site: government, Samruk-Kazyna JSC, Baiterek NMH JSC, Kazagro
Holding JSC and subsoil user purchases. The entire volume of purchases is
displayed on a single platform, at the same time a business register is created
– a database of entrepreneurs, which allows you to see what the company
produces, what its credit history is, whether the company is able to perform
work and more. The counterparty will always have the opportunity to see who
they work with, whether the company is self-sufficient, and whether it can
actually perform the work.

“We see that government agencies purchase
homogeneous products, 75% of government purchases come from a single source.
Unfortunately, we observe that the excess of prices reaches 30%. The new system
itself will automatically provide information on where government purchases take
place, which go beyond the price and allowable rates. This will immediately be
a signal for the Anti-Corruption Agency to pay attention to procurement. I
think this will increase the transparency of procurement” said Timur Kulibayev.

After meeting with entrepreneurs, Timur
Kulibayev presented departmental awards to employees of the Atyrau refinery.
During the visit, the head of the association toured the territory of the
enterprise and inspected the new technological units built during the
modernization of the plant in 2009-2017. Near the country’s largest deep oil
refining complex, the general director of ANPZ LLP Sh. Danbay informed the
KAZENERGY Chairman about the results of the three stages of modernization of
the refinery, as well as about the systems introduced into production as part
of automation and digitalization (effective preparation and implementation of
Turnarounds based on RLG, MES and SpiralPlan manufacturing process management,
IBM MAXIMO maintenance and repair management, Meridium APM inspection and reliability management).